The special attracted 5.21 million loyal subjects and just a 1.2 rating among 18-to-49-year-olds in the first hour of Wednesday's prime time. Polls vary about interest in the nuptials — some are expressing little interest, Twitter is all over the place about it, and 64 percent of TVGuide.com users maintain they'll watch.

There's no question, however, about the enduring interest in American Idol, which averaged 21.67 million people and a 6.9 rating in the demo. The new Fox comedy Breaking In starring Christian Slater continued to benefit from airing in Idol's wake, as 7.61 million tuned in.

At 9/8c, a Criminal Mindsrerun nabbed 9.14 million viewers. Another rerun of ABC'sModern Familyhad a viewership of 6.02 million, followed by a new Cougar Town at 9:30 with 5.6 million. An encore of Tuesday's two-hour premiere of NBC's The Voice tallied 5.65 million people while a new Model attracted 2.32 million on the CW.